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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    Bug#36651: kmail crash corrupt inbox no repair tool
From:       Gregory O <gregoryo () bnow ! net>
Date:       2001-12-31 14:37:17
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Michael,

Yes deleting the .inbox.index seemed to solve the problem.


Thanks for quick reply. 
Happy new year!

Gregory

On Monday 31 December 2001 03:43 am, you wrote:
> On Monday 31 December 2001 06:46, gregory.o@bnow.net wrote:
> > after a kmail crash,
> > inbox was corrupted,
> >
> > don't know how to recreate the crash condition - it was while reading
> > mail and selecting messages.
> >
> > restarted kde, kmail looked ok, saw a couple of no subject emails that
> > contained junk and just tried to delete them thinking it was some kind of
> > spam, they seemed to duplicate themselves.
> >
> > then i noticed that i couldn't read any of my 266 messages in my inbox.
>
> Does removing ~/Mail/.inbox.index help?
> But make a backup of this directory first.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Häckel
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